Why doesn't Summit Force show Google reviews or testimonials?

Because a star average is the easiest thing in this industry to manufacture — bought reviews, or reviews written by friends, family and staff. We're early-stage and we'd rather publish the actual incidents our officers worked, plus our license number, than compete on a metric anyone can inflate. Real, permissioned client quotes will go up when they exist.

How should I judge your track record without a rating?

Read the incidents. We publish no score, average, or index of any kind — instead each capability we claim (deterrence, de-escalation, law-enforcement coordination, reporting, compassion on post) points to a specific documented field report with the city and date. Prior posts were worked under other employers and contracts where no public rating or commendation registry recorded them, so no verified statistic exists to quote.

What does 'specialist, not generalist' mean for a security company?

We only sell licensed guard and patrol work under PPO #122730 — no janitorial add-ons, no camera-install upsells, no staffing agency side business. Officers are matched to the post type they know: HOA common areas, industrial fence lines, retail floors, active construction.

Do you really publish your hourly rates?

Yes. Hidden pricing is leverage for a bait-and-switch after you're locked in and your program is finally working. We publish the number up front and keep accounts by doing the work.

Licensed California PPO #122730

Why Summit Force: proof you can read, from a specialist Sacramento security company

Name: Summit Force Security Group
Address: 3400 Bradshaw Rd Ste B-4, Sacramento, CA, 95827, US
Telephone: 1-800-823-5337
Price range: $$

Summit Force Security Group is a licensed California security guard company in Sacramento, CA — PPO #122730, BSIS/DCA licensed. We compete on published rates, first-party patrol data and documented field incidents instead of a star average. Everything below is either verifiable with the state, citable in the press, or a first-hand account with the client's identity withheld.

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Last updated August 22, 2026

The short answer

Licensed, insured and checkable — what Summit Force actually sells

Summit Force Security Group, Private Security is a licensed California security company headquartered in Sacramento and operating under Private Patrol Operator license PPO #122730, issued by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Every officer we place carries a current BSIS guard card, and every contract we write is backed by general liability coverage a property manager or HOA board can request in writing before the first shift. We sell four things and nothing else: unarmed standing guard posts, marked vehicle patrol with GPS-verified checkpoints, event and crowd-management coverage, and HOA or apartment courtesy patrol. There is no janitorial add-on, no camera-install upsell and no staffing-agency side business behind the license.

Our track record: documented incident reports, not star averages

Most security company websites lead with a review score. A star average is the easiest metric in this industry to manufacture, so we lead with the record instead. Each capability we claim — deterrence, de-escalation, coordination with law enforcement, written reporting, and how officers treat people in crisis on post — links to a specific field report with the city and the date. The most public example is verifiable outside this site: on June 13, 2016, Summit Force officer Brandon Muse was working the Costco post in Citrus Heights when he gave responding police the suspect descriptions that led to the arrest of two 19-year-old arson suspects. KCRA 3 reported it. We did not write the headline, and that is the point — outside verification beats a testimonial we typed ourselves.

Published rates: what a Sacramento post actually costs

We publish flat hourly rates in the range of $28 to $45 per officer hour depending on post type, shift length, armed or unarmed status, and how far the site sits from our dispatch center. Hidden pricing exists to create leverage for a rate increase after your program is finally working, so we put the number in front of you first. Vehicle patrol is quoted by pass rather than by the hour, and vacant commercial property in Citrus Heights is quoted against the ordinance standard of four onsite passes in every 24-hour period so the documentation you file is defensible.

Who runs the company, and why that matters on your post

Founder and owner Daniel Mays has worked in security since 2015 and started his first company in 2020. Outside of contracts he feeds the homeless in the Sacramento area and funds 40-hour guard-card scholarships so candidates who cannot front the training cost can still enter the trade with a real credential. That matters operationally: officers who were sponsored into the license and issued genuine uniforms — the round Summit Force shoulder patch and the gold SECURITY OFFICER shield — stay in the job longer, and post continuity is the single strongest predictor of whether a security program reduces incidents on a property.

The consultation: tell us about your property

A supervisor walks the site with you, notes the entrances, lighting gaps, parking exposure and the hours where incidents actually cluster, then returns a written coverage plan with post orders, patrol frequency and the complete hourly rate. Nothing in that plan is a placeholder. If a standing post is more coverage than the property needs, we will say so and quote scheduled vehicle patrol instead, because an oversold contract cancels in ninety days and an accurate one renews.

Request a written coverage plan

Especially, specialist

No warm bodies here. Just a damn good Sacramento security company.

The private security industry is full of hustlers and short on craftsmen. Summit Force Security Group was built to be the specialist alternative — licensed, transparently priced, and accountable in writing on every single post.

The industry standard

One warm body per post, whoever answered the phone
Hidden hourly rate, revealed after the bid is won
Guard sits in a chair; the report is a signature
Bait-and-switch terms once you're locked in
Farmed or family-and-friends five-star reviews
Account manager you never speak to again

The Summit Force standard

Officers matched to the post type — HOA, industrial, retail, construction
Flat hourly rates published on the site before you ever call
Randomized patrol passes with GPS scan points and photo reports by morning
Same terms in month 18 as month one — no renegotiation leverage games
Documented field reports and a full career record instead of review counts
An owner will sit a post himself if that's what coverage takes

Specialise, don't spread

We don't sell janitorial, staffing, or camera installs on the side. Licensed guard and patrol work under PPO #122730 — that's the whole business, so that's where all the training goes.

Publish what others hide

Hourly rates, patrol data from our own dispatch logs, and unedited field incidents. If a number can be published without endangering a client, we publish it.

Proof over promises

Every claim on this site is anchored to a documented incident, a license number, or a press citation you can verify yourself — not to a star average anyone can buy.

Deterrence is the deliverable

The best shift produces no report at all. We measure prevented incidents the way our officers were trained to: presence, curiosity, and unpredictable timing.

Our model, in full Read the field record

Track record, not star farming

No score, no stars — just the incidents, written the night they happened

Most security companies compete on a star average. Averages get farmed, traded, and written by friends, family and staff. We don't publish a rating of any kind. We publish the actual field work and let you read it.

What we can actually show you

Every claim in this section points to a published field report you can open and read in full.

Published field reports: 8
Years on post: Since 2007
Star ratings published: None
Purchased reviews: 0
License: PPO #122730

Deterrence & prevention
Model-home fire risk caught before it ignited in Citrus Heights (2007); a construction theft ring pushed off an active Natomas site after repeat overnight losses.
De-escalation under pressure
An armed domestic on a Roseville post handled with roughly 25 minutes of doorway conversation instead of an armed standoff. No shots fired, no injuries.
Working with law enforcement
Suspect and clothing descriptions from a Citrus Heights retail post that police used to identify and arrest two 19-year-old arson suspects — the case KCRA 3 covered in June 2016.
Reporting & accountability
Randomized patrol passes logged with GPS scan points and photos, written up the same shift and delivered to the client rather than summarized weeks later.
Compassion on post
Stayed with an elderly Natomas resident whose home had been ransacked until her family arrived, then walked the scene with responding officers.
Deliberately small book
We take on fewer accounts than we could staff so every post is covered by a senior officer we can personally vouch for — no overflow, no last-minute fill-ins.

How to read this section

These incidents are first-hand accounts from our officers' field careers, including posts worked under prior employers and contracts. There is no public performance registry or rating system that records that work, so we make no scores, averages, or statistical claims about it — only the accounts themselves, with client-identifying detail withheld.

Summit Force displays no client testimonials and no star-rating schema anywhere on this site until real, permissioned client quotes exist. Our proof is the field record and the career profile behind it.

See the 8 documented incidents Career profile & leadership

From the field

Not juststanding there.

Documented incidents where our officers made the difference — theft deterred, suspects caught, alarms resolved, sites kept compliant. This is what a licensed PPO delivers that a warm body at a desk cannot.

First-hand accounts from Summit Force officer Brandon Muse

Assisted law enforcementCitrus Heights · June 2016

Smelled smoke on patrol — descriptions led to two arson arrests

Working a patrol post at a retail center on a hot summer night, Brandon Muse smelled smoke and found the park behind the property on fire, close to both the store and a neighborhood. 911 dispatch was overwhelmed — fires were being reported all over town — and the call was triaged low priority. About fifteen minutes later an officer arrived and asked him to sweep the surrounding area. Driving a well-marked patrol unit, he spotted two teenagers who broke into a run the moment they saw the vehicle.

Outcome

He gave police the direction of travel and suspect descriptions. Two 19-year-olds were arrested for setting fires around Citrus Heights. The story was reported by KCRA 3 and later cited in TIME magazine's investigation of the private security industry.

Read the full field report

Emergency responseRoseville · 2019

25 minutes of de-escalation instead of an armed standoff

Officer Brandon Muse took a service call for a disturbance at an apartment community. The resident — heavily intoxicated, belligerent, and a motorcycle club member — told Muse he had pistol-whipped his spouse and that he would not survive the night. His spouse was crying and still inside. Muse deliberately framed the contact as a noise complaint, kept the man talking at the doorway, and counseled him for roughly 25 minutes to keep him away from his firearm until he wore himself out and closed the door.

Outcome

Muse called it in immediately. Law enforcement responded with a tactical team, removed every firearm from the residence, and got the spouse to safety. No shots were fired and nobody was injured.

Read the full field report

Emergency responseSacramento (Natomas) · 2017–2018

Graffiti call turns out to be an elderly resident's home ransacked

A vandalism call at an HOA community brought officers to a garage tagged with racial slurs and every door in the home standing wide open. Expecting an intruder, they called for backup and cleared the residence — and found an elderly woman asleep in her bedroom while her home had been ransacked by a disgruntled caretaker. Family portraits of her grandchildren had been sprayed over.

Outcome

Officers helped her reach her family and law enforcement. With no active intruder on scene, police were tied up and never responded that night — so the officers stayed with her, consoled her, and kept watch until family arrived. The family thanked the team for being the only ones who showed up.

Read the full field report

DeterredSacramento (Natomas) · Home development contract

Randomized hybrid patrol shut down a construction theft ring

A crew was hitting an active home development, entering through a park trail. Day-shift construction workers recorded them and passed on descriptions and vehicle details, which were shared with every officer on the account. By tracking the pattern, the team worked out the likely strike window and posted an officer there in advance, blocking the trail approach on the next attempt.

Outcome

The crew was thwarted repeatedly, got angry, and stopped coming — because randomized patrol timing meant they could never predict when officers would be on site. This is the case for hybrid patrol: deterrence without paying for a full-time post.

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DeterredSacramento (Natomas) · Summer 2017

After-midnight alarm at a school — a party den cleared without force

An alarm call at a high school after midnight sounded routine until officers heard music and a commotion from a portable classroom. With backup on scene they cleared the trailer and found a teenage hangout: alcohol, marijuana, bags, and dirt bikes. The presence of uniformed officers alone ended it — several of them were in tears before anyone raised a voice.

Outcome

Because Summit Force held contracts for both the school and the HOA across the street, one of the teens was identified as a resident of that community. Reports went to both the school district and the HOA, and the group was released with a warning — accountability on both sides of the street.

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Assisted law enforcementRancho Cordova · 2008

Jewelry case cleared — suspect taken into custody next door

Early in his career, Muse was posted at a discount retail store with a history of violent incidents. Two men came in overly friendly, lingered at the locked jewelry case pretending to browse, cleared it of high-value merchandise, and greeted him again on the way out. He asked for the property back and reached for the bag; one suspect ran on foot into a neighboring store.

Outcome

Officers on a lunch break next door responded in force. The suspect discarded stolen goods through the aisles and was taken into custody in the loading dock area after resisting. Merchandise was recovered.

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DeterredCitrus Heights · 2007

Model-home post: the odd detail nobody else would have followed up

Guarding model homes at a development under construction, Muse noticed a sign holder walk into an unfinished house on his lunch break — a small thing that didn't fit. He followed up and found the man attempting to smoke in a wood-frame structure surrounded by combustible material.

Outcome

The man dropped his pipe and left. Nothing burned. It was the moment the job clicked: presence and curiosity prevent incidents that never make a report.

Read the full field report

DeterredRocklin · 2014

Graveyard campus patrol holds a hallway over a rattlesnake

On a graveyard patrol of a college campus detail, Muse found a live rattlesnake moving through a classroom hallway. The local snake handler was unavailable, so instead of leaving an occupied building unsafe for the morning, he held the hallway and kept eyes on the snake for the rest of his shift.

Outcome

At shift change, relief arrived and the snake was safely captured and released away from campus. No students or staff were exposed.

Read the full field report

Documented security incidents by city

Every entry below is one of our documented security incidents — written the night it happened. Browse the full archive of real patrol reports from Summit Force officers, or jump straight to security guard services in Sacramento, Roseville patrol coverage, Citrus Heights private patrol, or Rocklin construction site security.

All real patrol reports

Incident details are documented in shift and patrol reports. Identifying client information is withheld unless the client authorizes release.

Unfiltered interview

20 years on post.In his own words.

Brandon Muse

Security officer, Summit Force Security Group, Private Security · PPO #122730 · Sacramento, CA

The start

When did security first get its teeth in you?

I was a teenager. An alarm at our apartment complex had been going off for hours and nobody reported it. I took the initiative and called the number on the security sign out front. The owner of that company responded, brought fire with him, and it turned out to be a pulled fire alarm — management was off-site and not answering, so the fire department had to shut it down as an emergency.

That was it for me. Somebody had to be the person who actually shows up. Before I stood my own first post in 2007 I was a loss-prevention agent working undercover for well-known Northern California grocers — Raley's, Safeway, Save Mart — a different store almost every day. That's where I learned how theft really works.

Deterrence

When did it click that this job is deterrence, not standing around?

2007, Citrus Heights, guarding model homes at a development that wasn't built yet. I noticed a sign holder step into an unfinished house on his lunch — odd enough that I followed up. He was trying to smoke inside a wood-frame structure. He was so startled he dropped his pipe. Nothing burned, and nothing got written up, because nothing happened. That's the whole job.

The other one was an after-midnight alarm at a high school in Natomas around summer 2017. We cleared it casually, then heard music. Backup arrived, we cleared the portable classroom and found a full teenage den — booze, marijuana, bags, dirt bikes. Big kids, scared to tears, and not one hand was laid on anybody. Small world too: we held the contract for the HOA across the street, one of the kids lived there, so reports went to both the school district and the HOA. Double the accountability.

Warm bodies

Competitors send "warm bodies." What does that look like, and what do you send instead?

A warm body is asleep on site, hiding, on the phone, fraternizing, sloppy uniform, don't-care attitude. You're paying for a chair with a person in it.

On our posts, a clean uniform, neat appearance and a good attitude are the baseline. We require randomized routine reports that can be verified with GPS coordinates and photos, and we monitor the reporting portal to make sure people are actually on task.

Here's the part nobody copies: we don't babysit. People have bad days. Tell us honestly and an owner will come sit your post for you. We have an amnesty policy — just communicate. We treat officers like family with a voice, and we pay them what the work deserves. If you're that good to somebody, they'd feel guilty slacking off. Most companies treat a guard as a number, and a number is exactly what they get back.

Pricing

You publish hourly rates. Why does nobody else?

Because a hidden price is leverage. Watch for bait-and-switch: they win you with the lowest bid, then change the terms once you're a few months in. Now your program and your routine are finally working and you don't want the hassle of starting over with a new company — so you eat it. That's being held hostage, and it's the norm in this industry.

We'd rather tell you the number up front and keep the account by doing the work.

Hiring

What does your vetting actually look like, and what do you reject people for?

BSIS guard card, background check, and the 40-hour training are the legal floor — a client can verify a card number with the state in about a minute, and we'll hand you the numbers.

What we screen for beyond that is honesty and attitude. Bad attitudes don't stay. We're looking for people who want to scale up, move into management, and be part of running something — not people collecting a check.

Community

Where does the community work fit in?

I've always believed in giving. On time off, or any chance we get, we feed the needy. We also fund 40-hour guard-card scholarships so someone who wants this career can get licensed without the cost being the thing that stops them.

We're community-focused, not bullies. Compassion isn't the opposite of security — the elderly woman in Natomas whose house was ransacked didn't need somebody tough, she needed somebody who'd stay with her until her family got there. So we stayed.

Coverage gaps

Which areas are underserved?

Natomas, Roseville, Rocklin and Folsom. People assume affluent communities don't have problems. That's exactly where the bad guys go — better cars, better tools, less coverage, longer police response across big footprints.

Last word

One thing a Sacramento business owner should know before calling?

Don't be afraid to reach out because you assume it's expensive. Tell us the budget and the problem and we will do our best to build an affordable solution around it — hybrid patrol instead of a full-time post, coverage on the hours that actually matter. Just call.

Summit Force Security Group is an owner-operated startup currently serving a retail jewelry account and expanding across the Sacramento metro. We don't publish client testimonials we haven't earned — ask us for references and we'll tell you exactly where we stand.

Straight answers

Questions about how we prove our work

Why doesn't Summit Force show Google reviews or testimonials?: Because a star average is the easiest thing in this industry to manufacture — bought reviews, or reviews written by friends, family and staff. We're early-stage and we'd rather publish the actual incidents our officers worked, plus our license number, than compete on a metric anyone can inflate. Real, permissioned client quotes will go up when they exist.
How should I judge your track record without a rating?: Read the incidents. We publish no score, average, or index of any kind — instead each capability we claim (deterrence, de-escalation, law-enforcement coordination, reporting, compassion on post) points to a specific documented field report with the city and date. Prior posts were worked under other employers and contracts where no public rating or commendation registry recorded them, so no verified statistic exists to quote.
What does 'specialist, not generalist' mean for a security company?: We only sell licensed guard and patrol work under PPO #122730 — no janitorial add-ons, no camera-install upsells, no staffing agency side business. Officers are matched to the post type they know: HOA common areas, industrial fence lines, retail floors, active construction.
Do you really publish your hourly rates?: Yes. Hidden pricing is leverage for a bait-and-switch after you're locked in and your program is finally working. We publish the number up front and keep accounts by doing the work.

Summit Force Security Group3400 Bradshaw Rd Ste B-4
Sacramento, CA 95827 Open in Google Maps Get directions1-800-823-5337 (279) 202-5454Local summitforces@gmail.com PPO #122730

Proof, not promises

Licensed, insured,and checkable.

Sacramento business owners get pitched a lot of claims. Here is everything about Summit Force you can confirm yourself — state license, contract history, written client commendation and published news coverage.

PPO #122730

California Private Patrol Operator license issued by BSIS.

Verify: Search the license number on the DCA license lookup.

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BSIS / DCA licensed

Regulated by the Bureau of Security & Investigative Services under the CA Department of Consumer Affairs.

Verify: Public record — searchable by license number or business name.

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Registered California entity

Registered as "Summit Force Security Group, Private Security" in the State of California.

Verify: Business registration available on request.

Guard-card verified officers

Every officer holds a BSIS guard card and completes the 40-hour training and background check before a post.

Verify: We hand over officer card numbers so you can verify each one with the state.

License lookup

Insured & bonded

General liability coverage in force on every post and patrol account.

Verify: Certificate of insurance issued to your entity before the first shift.

Published rates

Hourly pricing is published up front — no bait-and-switch after month three.

Verify: Rates are listed on this site and written into your service agreement.

Licensing & contract proof

Licensing on file

Private Patrol Operator license: PPO #122730
Regulator: Licensed by the California Bureau of Security & Investigative Services (BSIS), Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)
Registered name: Summit Force Security Group, Private Security — State of California
Headquarters: Sacramento, CA

Verify our license with the state

Certificate of insurance and officer guard-card numbers are issued to your entity before the first shift — ask for them on the walkthrough.

Active contract

Retail jeweler

Current standing armed-presence retail account — high-value merchandise, opening and closing coverage.

Residential patrol

HOA communities

Randomized hybrid patrol, alarm and disturbance response, and written reports to boards — including Natomas and Roseville-area communities.

After-hours & alarm response

School district campus

Graveyard campus checks and alarm response, with incident reports routed to district administration.

Site & model-home security

Home construction developments

Material-theft deterrence on active builds and model-home posts, using randomized patrol timing to break theft patterns.

Loss prevention & storefront

Grocery & big-box retail

Storefront deterrence and loss-prevention work across Northern California grocers — the account that produced the written commendation below.

Standing post & service calls

Apartment communities

Disturbance calls, pool and amenity lock-ups, and de-escalation-first contact with residents.

Redacted client email commending a Summit Force officer for helping a grocery store customer — Written client commendationGrocery account · names redacted

As reported by

KCRA 3

Reported the arson arrests that followed suspect descriptions given by our officer on a Citrus Heights patrol post (June 2016).

As reported by

TIME

Cited the same incident in its investigation of the private security industry.

We publish only client feedback we hold in writing and have permission to show. Ask on your walkthrough and we will connect you directly with a current account contact.

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